My Day at Degrassi
Chapter 1: Meeting Munro
A/N: I had a dream similar to this, so I thought, Hey, why not turn it into a fan fiction? :D This is just for funsies- hope y'all like! :D p.s. some names may be changed to save the person's identity…except for mine, Munro's, and maybe some of my friends. :/ I dunno. Lol R+R
Disclaimer: I do not own Munro, Degrassi, or any related materials. :)
My POV (bold italics are computer messages, italics are thoughts, bold is emphasis)
I woke up one morning to the smell of autumn and the beeping of my brand-new laptop. I grinned, because those beeps signified my Facebook® notifications. I crawled out of bed, sat on my ivory-painted swivel chair and pulled up to my desk, seeing 10 notifications and…a video call request? I checked my notifications, each being on someone's status, or info on what someone said on "Precure Club", my Facebook® group fan-page for the Pretty Cure Series, or "Class of 2014", my school's Facebook® page, and then I checked my video call request…but not before going to my messages to see who chatted me back. I saw 2 messages from…Munro Chambers, my celebrity crush who accepted my friend request on Facebook®? I opened them. They read:
Hey, Marissa, Sorry I couldn't talk to you; I was busy with Degrassi and filming and other stuff. Anyways, it's really nice that you look up to me for acting and I really appreciate that. No girl I really have talked to has ever seen me as a great actor as well as a hot guy. I am greatly pleased about what you said on my Wall.
Another thing…I thought the video call offer was nice. I'd love to.
Okay, now I could not believe what I read. He actually accepted my video call offer? If my hormones weren't raging before, they certainly were now. I jumped up like Wilder in the opening sequence for "The Latest Buzz" and shouted at the top of my lungs:
"YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!" I was so happy, I started crowing like Peter Pan, jumping on my bed, and spinning on my swivel chair, but I quickly calmed down and sent a quick message to Munro before opening the Video Call tool on the chat bar. It read:
Hey, Munro. Thank you SO much for sending me those messages. They really made my day! :D And thanks for accepting my video call offer as well! :D I'm psyched and can't wait!
Love, Marissa
I opened the tool up and waited for him. A few moments later, he appeared on the video call screen, his emerald-green eyes, black mop of hair and lopsided smirk awaiting me.
"Hi, Marissa, nice to finally meet you," he said.
I grinned. I was finally talking to the actor that I had the biggest crush on. Like before, my hormones were uncontrolled.
"Er, hi, Munro…nice to meet you, too," I said, stammering, my face turning red.
"Well, someone's a little star-struck," Munro replied, smirking that lopsided smirk that just made me absolutely giddy with happiness.
"Erm…yea, I apologize, the only real celebrity I've ever talked to was Joe Moses, but that was way different," I said, my face still red. He laughed.
"So, I heard you made your own character for Degrassi," Munro said.
"I did! How did you know?" I asked, excited to hear that Molly Robinson was finally famous in a celebrity's eyes.
"I saw it on your Facebook® wall. She sounds like a really neat girl…like you." He winked. Now my hormones were thrown out of whack. Did he just say I was neat? Holy shiznit… I blushed.
"You really think I'm neat?" I asked bashfully.
"Yup," he smiled. "And I don't say this to just anybody." He then gave me a look that made me want to melt. "Anyway, I'd like to see some of your acting skills; see what ya got." He grinned.
I smiled. "Um, sure, I'd love to!" I cleared my throat and started Eli's monologue from Extraordinary Machine Part 2.
"No matter how much all of you want a happy ending, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT. I tried to write one…but it's impossible. I rewrote and rewrote but things kept changing. And I hurt people and I…I knew that they were hurting. But, I didn't stop, because your mind TRICKS you. It tricks you into thinking things are fine, they're not fine, nothing's fine, it's all WRONG! I'm all wrong. That's it. There's no happy ending." I shut my eyes, and then opened them back up. "Scene. Well, what did you think?"
"Whoa! Here's my mind-" He put his hands together, and then made an exploding noise while spreading them apart. My eyes widened, and my eyebrow rose up.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yea! It was perfect, spot-on, exactly like Eli! I'm very impressed. Not a lot of kids can do that; copy me to a tee," Munro explained.
"Seriously?" I asked, my eyes getting wider.
"Mhm," he nodded. "Why don't we do a few more scenes? That way I can see how good you are."
I smiled widely. "Sure! Which one do you wanna do first?"
"How about the one when Clare screams-"
"At the TOP of her lungs. I'd love to," I cut him off; making the same face Eli did in Better Off Alone Part 1. He immediately made his "Wow. Impressive" face, and then we started.
"Can I be the Eli part?" I asked bashfully.
"Sure, why not?" He said. I laughed and we started.
"Wow. This is a first: skipping school to do work," I said.
"Okay, I don't understand how YOU got an A and I got a C!" he exclaimed in a Clare-like fashion.
"Simple: I'm dating Mr. Dawes." I laughed. "You're a good writer, Clark, but anybody could have written this piece-"
"Hold up…Clark? Mr. Dawes?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, since I'm doing the Eli part, I don't wanna have to call you by a girl's name. So, I came up with Clark," I quipped.
"Ah…and Mrs. Dawes becomes a Mr.?" He joked.
"Yup, now let's continue with the scene," I said, and we kept going. "You're a good writer, Clark, but…anybody could have written this piece; there's no point of view."
"I wrote about gun control; I say it's good!" He said defensively.
"Wow, controversial," I replied sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
"Okay, fine…what am I supposed to write about?" He asked with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Something that…pisses you off," I said thoughtfully.
"Besides my English partner?" he retorted.
"Ouch," I responded mockingly. I thought for a moment, and then looked at him. "If you could change one thing in the world…what would it be?"
He looked away for a moment, and then spoke. "My mom and dad…they're not exactly getting along."
"So, write about that," I suggested calmly.
"I can't, it's personal!" He replied cynically.
I snickered, and said, "You care too much about what people think."
"That is not true," He denied.
"Then prove it. Scream…at the TOP of your lungs," I said like I did earlier. I smirked at Munro, and I cringed, realizing what I did. Oh jeez, I'm gonna have to hear him scream? Yikes…
He brushed himself off, and quietly screamed. I laughed. "That's the best you can do?" I raised my eyebrows, and he stood up in front of the screen, and screamed as loud as he could. I watched, with a shocked expression on my face. Dayum…that boy can scream, I thought.
"Okay. Your turn," he said bluntly.
I looked at him for a sec, and then said mockingly, "Nah, not my style." I smirked. He looked at me with a "you are so unbelievable" face.
"But, you have to, it's your turn!" He said.
"But I told you, it's not my style!" I retorted.
We started laughing as he said; "You have to, you have to…" and we looked at each other with that "awkward-romantic-spark moment" look in our eyes, our smiles fading. I averted my gaze a few seconds later, holding my hands up defensively like Eli did. I blushed.
"Wow…" Munro said, bashfully. "That was…uh…really good."
I smiled, blushing. "You really think so?"
He nodded. "Ya know, you really are an amazing actor. The executive producer thinks so, too." All of a sudden, Stephen Stohn, the executive producer of Degrassi appeared behind Munro. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped.
"Stephen…Stohn…? USO! Er, I mean, NO WAY!" I said, excitedly, accidentally letting out one of my many Japanese words.
"Hello, Miss Cifelli. I'm the executive producer of Degrassi and its series," he said. "I overheard your little monologue and scene with Munro, and you seem like a pretty cool kid. I would like to have you star in the upcoming episodes of Degrassi: Now or Never."
Okay, NOW I was sure I was dreaming. My eyes were wide, my jaw had fell open, and I did not believe my ears. I yelled out the one word I had been holding in the entire time:
"ARIENAI!"
A/N: I was originally going to make this a one shot, but since this was just part of my dream, there will be more to come…hopefully writer's block doesn't get the best of me. :/ Murr. Lol Hope y'all like :D Love, Haruka-Chan XOXO
